Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-04

hewn. They now seem anxious Tor a
change and say they must have it, If any
money is realized in the business.
The Georgia convict, Notwithstanding
carpings OF Northern papers to the con-
trary, as a rule. soon regards the prison
as 4 home which he is lOtn to leave. A
20.year term colored man, who had served
thirteen, the other day escaped, and was
hunted unsuccessiully for several days,
and the search for his recapture was
abandoned. Wednesday, to the surprise
OF Manager Crabb, he gave him
self over again to servitude, saying
he had never been out of hearing or the
furnace whistle. He was doubtless feel
ing the need of rations.
A storm swept over Sumter county
Saturday, and damage was done nearly
everywhere. the damage was mostly TO
fencing and timber. T. w. Griffin, in the
Twenty eighth district, was "a heavy suf-
terer. He had a ten-acre field literally
covered with timber blown over it, Five
or six negroes were IN bis buggy house.
de drove them out, and in two minutes it
was down, his buggy broken 10 pieces,
but the negroes We're saved. They are
now blessing him TOR saving their lives.
he says that the damage to timber can
hardly be calculated in his section.
Some OF the steady church-2oers at Ma
con are DESTROYS that the influence of the
boom should extend stO church circles,
that larger congregations might result.
One gentleman, who had the means of
finding out, gives the following figures:
The membership OF the four principal
churches are as follows: Mulberry Street
Methodist $50, First Presbyterian $50,
Christ Church 400, First Baptist 600-total
1000. Last Sunday was fair day, and
tho q fioOa Inv nntnul
Methodist 10, Presbyterian 90, Christ
Church 80, Baptist 100-total 222. Thus
out of membership OF 1000, only 222 al
tended.
Some heavy suits for damages have
been entered Tor the next term of cobb
Superior Court. Rev. Robert Baber, who
was thrown from moving train at Ma
rietta and knocked insensible and other
wise hurt, has sued the Western and At.
lantic railroad for $4,000. w. l.. Cooper
who, In crossing the railroad, was struck
by the pilot OF an engine and had his leg
broken, sues the Western and Atlantic
railroad for $4,000. f. w. Daniorth,
whose team backed his wagon of OF Green
Pope's bridge, spanning the ChattahOo-
chez river, drowning Mrs. Wheat, sues
the owners OF the bridge, ID. W. Pope,
John Pope, e. q. Green and w. w. King,
for $751; 900.
Butts county was visited by severe
wind and rain storm on Saturday at 4
O'Clock. Before it reached the town the
roaring was terrible, and the people be-
came quite uneasy, and sought the safest
places of refuge. After it had passed over
it was discovered that greal deal of
fencing and some small houses had been
blown down. A house in the Dempsey
House yard was lifted off it's pillars, and
Frank McMichaeps dwelling, two miles
northeast of jackson, was demolished,
but fortunately none of his family were
hurt. They escaped to a small house in
the yard, and were thus saved. There
was great deal OF timber blown along
its track, but no loss OF life is reported.
A large "blue darter' hawk was killed
in one OF the upper rooms OF the Carithers
Hotel at Butler by b. w. Brand on Mon
day morning. For several days the
hawk had been noticed by the family
fying around the premises, and had pre-
Ylously made an attempt TO carry off one
OF the largest hens in the yard. In its
last effort IT had caught IT'S game, and was
in the act of carrying of a half-grOwn
chicken. Mr.. Brand being somewhat Of
lover OF fowls himself, happened to be
standing near, and saw the hawk when
it lit upon its prey, and in nis pursuit the
hawk was forced to fly into an open door,
which led by means of a stairway into
the upper story OF the building. Having
closed the door, it did not take Mr.. Brand
long to put an end to his hawkshlp.
At Augusta the building committee of
the Widows Home were in session
Wednesday on the grounds of the home.
They thoroughly inspected the handsome
structure and expressed unbounded sat
isfaction at "the state of things" During
m in II "a q afQtnn fh0t h1It XII 00Q
was 0btainable for the construction OF
the edltice, and that the total cost of its
completion would involve $4,000. AS it
Is DESTROYS that the institution should be
completed without delay, the work of
obstruction, 1t was decided, should be
pushed to completion. To provide the
amount needed, $1,000, committee of
gentlemen-Dr. Eugene Foster and
Messrs. B. 5. Dunbar, W. IL. Barrett and
John }. Cohen-will call on the citizens
and raise the amount by popular sub
scription.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: j. j. Moring,
of Dooly, was in Hawklnsville last week,
and was here when prohibition was pro-
claimed by the booming OF the cannon.
We met Mr.. M0ring next morning, and,
in speaking upon the subject, he said:
well, / am about "A years Of age, and |
when prohibition WAS adopted in my
county / laid down my pipe and quit |
smoking. / reckon | am as strong a
Prohlbitionist as any OF you, though |
was brought up with plenty OF
liquor around me. In old Carolina,
where / was reared. liquor WAS almost as
free as water, and almost everybody kept
1t on their boards, or you might go into a
room adjoining the dwelling and fiud
three or four barrels, and ali you had to
do was to take phial tied with cotton
string apd fish in the hung hole and get
all you wanted" Mr.. Noring said TO US
had never bought corn but twice.
Alapaha Star: Many years ago, on the
brink of pond in Dougheriy county, Il
well -known citizen saw a small sized
moccasin swallow polywog which
seemed about three sizes too large for its
goozle, as the boys call it. AS soon as
the tsh was swallowed il began TO work
its inns vigorously and sooD had them out
on each side of the snake. The snake,
feeling gripping SENSATION about where
the walstband of it's pants would
be II il wore pants, plunged into the
pond and started for deep water, IL had
hardly gone three feet when it dsrted
back tail foremost 10 the bank, then back
and forth, back ana forth, until finally
the pollywog padded the last half OF the
snake out OF the water. The reptile WAS
too nearly exhausted TO drag itself back
Into the water, and was soon killed, cut
open and the pollywog liberated. That
pollywog is there vet, if some ono OF AL
bany's anglers have not caught him.